[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,97,-6,0,14,42,39,89,76,93,101,94,94,91,82,107,88,92,87,89,87,116,122, 139,80,88,93,89,83,73,64,79,83,99,93,190,91,94,77,72,77,77,80,103,105,116,121, 106,118,156,155,148,159,176,176,216,207,250,262,258,234,327,239,321,291,434, 440,428,437,538,537,505,492,934,1005,950,982,917,917,875,853,821,716,771,738, 1198,1188,1179,1173,1043,1034]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 (3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Ndb4 7. Qb1 f5 8. a3 Nd5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. b4 a6 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24. com INT 2020}) 3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qh5 Nc6 6. Bb5 {[#] A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} Ndb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Qd6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Ng5 Nb8 9. Nge4 {1-0 (9) Dubov,D (2624)-Eliseev,U (2550) Moscow 2013}) 7. Qxe5+ Be6 {...Nd3+ is the strong threat.} 8. Qe4 {White is better.} a6 9. Be2 Be7 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Na5 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. dxc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening Bd3. White attacks with force.} Bd5 15. Qg4 {And now Nf5 would win. } Nb3 {[#]} 16. Nxb3 (16. Rd1 $142 $1 h5 17. Qxh5 Nxa1 18. Bd3) 16... Bxb3 $16 17. e4 Bc5 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Qg3 Rad8 21. e5 {Hoping for Bg5.} ({ Don't play} 21. Bxc7 $6 Rd2 $11) 21... Qe6 {[#]} (21... Rfe8 $16 {was called for.}) 22. h4 (22. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rg5f6] Black must now prevent Bf6.} Rb8 23. Bf6) 22... Kh8 23. h5 h6 24. Bg4 Qc6 25. Bf3 Bd5 26. Rad1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 ({ Resist} 27. gxf3 $6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 g5 $14) 27... Qxf3 28. gxf3 c6 29. Kg2 Rfe8 30. Bg3 Kg8 31. f4 Be7 32. f5 Bc5 33. Kf3 a5 34. Ke4 a4 35. f4 Be7 36. Bf2 b5 ( 36... c5 $142 37. Rg1 Kf8) 37. Rg1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 38. Bb6 Rb8 39. Bc7 Rb7 40. Bd6 c5 (40... Rd7 $142 41. Bxe7+ Rexe7) 41. Bxe7+ Rbxe7 { [#]} 42. Rxg7 $3 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy} Kxg7 43. f6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 44. fxe7+ Kxe7 45. Rd5 Rc8 46. f5 Rc6 47. f6+ Ke8 48. Rd6 Rc8 49. Rb6 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 50%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "190"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,190,0,26,8,19,17,24,15,7,10,15,8,16,12,27,15,17,28,31,20,24,31,32,16, 8,16,16,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,19,20,4,8,14,19,20,0,27,-69,45,17,10,10,29,14,42,24,47, 6,16,15,59,62,53,10,8,0,0,0,34,36,20,24,65,32,65,29,93,93,93,49,96,96,96,96,96, 96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,59,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,30,30, 30,30,22,22,22,22,18,20,20,22,22,22,0,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,20,20,8,8,8,22,22, 22,22,22,22,36,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22, 22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,-8,-8]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. d3 (3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 h6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. d4 c6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (57) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Grischuk,A (2777) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 3... e6 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} Be7 7. e4 Bh7 { [#]} 8. exd5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nf4 O-O 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rc1 {1-0 (36) Stukopin,A (2582)-Kiewra,K (2428) Dallas 2016}) 8... exd5 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 c6 13. Nf1 a5 14. Ne3 Bc5 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Nh4 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Nhf5 Qb6 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. Nd4 Qb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 21. Ndf5 Qc7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Re5 25. Ne3 Rae8 ( 25... d4 $5 {[%CAl Rd4e3]} 26. Nc4 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Nb6 $11) 26. b5 ({White should play} 26. c4 $11) 26... Nf8 (26... d4 $15 27. Nf1 cxb5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5) 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Qb4 N8d7 29. Qf4 Qa5 {[#] Hoping for ...g5.} 30. Red1 Nf8 { [%CAl Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} 31. Ra1 Qc3 32. Qa4 Ne6 33. Ra3 Qd4 $1 34. Qxd4 ({Much worse is} 34. Qxc6 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1 Nd4 $17) 34... Nxd4 35. Ra6 h5 36. Kf1 Rxe3 (36... Ng4 {is more complex.} 37. Nxg4 hxg4 38. c3 Nc2 39. Kg1 c5) 37. fxe3 Nxc2 38. Kg1 Nxe3 39. Re1 c5 40. Rc6 c4 (40... d4 $1 $11) 41. dxc4 $16 dxc4 42. Bf1 Nxf1 43. Rxe8+ Nxe8 44. Kxf1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} Nf6 45. Rxc4 g6 46. Kg2 Kg7 47. Kf3 Ng4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ne5+.} 48. Rc2 Kf6 49. h3 Nh6 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Kf4 Nf5 52. Rc5 Nh6 53. Ra5 Ng8 54. Ke5 Nh6 55. Ke4 Kf6 56. Kf4 Kg7 57. g4 (57. Ke5 $16) 57... hxg4 $11 58. hxg4 {And now Ra7 would win.} Ng8 59. Ra7 Nf6 60. Rb7 Nd5+ 61. Kf3 {Black must now prevent g5.} Nf6 62. Rb5 Nh7 63. Kf4 Nf6 64. Ra5 Nh7 65. Ra4 Kf6 66. Ra6+ Kg7 67. Ke5 Ng5 68. Kd6 (68. Rc6 {looks sharper.} Nh3 69. Rf6 Ng5 70. Rb6 Nh3 71. Rb2) 68... Kf6 69. Ra1 Ne4+ 70. Kd5 Ng5 71. Rf1+ Kg7 72. Kd6 f5 73. gxf5 {aiming for f6+.} gxf5 74. Rxf5 Kg6 {The position is equal.} 75. Rf1 Nf7+ 76. Ke7 Ng5 77. Rf4 Nh3 78. Rf3 Ng5 79. Rf8 Ne4 80. Rf7 Ng5 81. Rf6+ Kh5 82. Rf4 Kg6 83. Kd6 Nf7+ 84. Kd5 Ng5 85. Rf1 Nf7 86. Ke4 Ng5+ 87. Kf4 { Intending Rg1! and mate.} Nf7 88. Ra1 Kf6 89. Ra6+ Ke7 90. Ke4 Nd6+ 91. Ke5 { Threatening mate with Ra7+.} (91. Kd3 {is more complex.} Kd7 92. Kd4 Ke7 93. Kc5 Nf7 94. Kb5) 91... Nf7+ 92. Kd5 Ng5 93. Rg6 Nf7 $1 94. Re6+ Kd7 95. Re7+ Kxe7 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E73"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,79,52,52,61,62,0,23,-18,44,6,75,85,83,85,121,117,122,110,182,179,168, 111,95,80,96,89,170,157,163,153,209,191,200,175,193,180,164,176,174,146,155, 119,156,148,150,141,154,141,273,260,281,282,283,265,1540,1375,966,897,29963, 11752,5691,5879,29984,29985,29985,29986,29982,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5.} Nc5 9. Bf3 {[#]} (9. f3 $1 $14) 9... Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. g5 Ne8 11. dxc6 Ne6 12. cxb7 Bxb7 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Rc8 {0-1 (32) Markoja,B (2430)-Saric,I (2695) Skopje 2018 }) 10. b4 {White has an edge.} Na6 (10... Ncxe4 $11 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5) 11. Rb1 Qc8 (11... c6 $11) 12. g5 $16 Ne8 13. h4 f6 14. Be2 fxg5 15. hxg5 Rf7 ( 15... Nb8 $16) 16. c5 $1 $18 Nb8 17. Nf3 (17. Bc4 $18) 17... a5 $16 {and if ... axb4 works, Black does fine.} 18. a3 {[%CAl Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} axb4 19. axb4 Qd8 (19... Bg4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. Nc4 Na6 {[#]} ( 21... Be7 $16) 22. c6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} bxc6 23. dxc6 Be6 24. b5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Qxd8 ({And not} 26. Nxe5 Bg7 $15) 26... Rxd8 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Nd6 29. b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} cxb6 30. Rxb6 Ra8 (30... Nxc4 $16 31. Bxc4 Bd6) 31. O-O ({Much less strong is} 31. Nxe5 $6 Rf4 $16) 31... Nxc4 32. Bxc4 {Strongly threatening d6!} Bd6 {[#]} 33. Rfb1 $1 Ra4 $2 {[#]} ( 33... Raa7 34. c7 Bxc7) 34. Rb8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 (34... Bxb8 35. Rxb8+) 35. Rd8 Rxc4 36. Rxd6 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rb4 38. Rxb4 {White mates.} cxb4 39. Rd7 b3 40. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 44%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,54,7,10,8,8,3,10,-3,-4,-16,-14,-16,14,5,40,32,41,0,107,-22,0,-1,-15, -166,-155,-159,-134,-190,-190,-255,-270,-270,-311,-439,-372,-461,-446,-433, -407,-1533,-1551,-1600,-1586,-1546,-1522,-2014,-1926]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Nbd7 7. d4 Bd6 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 9. g3 {[#]} Qe7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Ne2 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Ne4 13. Kg1 Re8 14. Nf4 c6 15. Rc1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (33) Harutyunian,T (2551) -Sargsyan,S (2594) Jermuk 2020}) 10. Bg2 a6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. a4 h5 13. Qc1 h4 (13... Ne4 $11) 14. Ba3 ({Much worse is} 14. gxh4 $6 Kb8 $11) (14. Nxh4 $16 g6 15. Qc2) 14... hxg3 $11 15. hxg3 Ne4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxa3.} 16. Nxe4 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (16. Bxd6 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qxd6 17. a5) 16... dxe4 $19 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 (18. Bxd6 $17 Qxd6 19. Qc4) 18... Bxa3 19. Qxa3 {[#]} (19. Rxa3 {was worth a try.} g5 20. Rd1 ) 19... Qe6 $1 20. Rfc1 Kb8 ({And not} 20... Qh6 21. Nd6+ Kb8 22. Nf7 $16) 21. Nd2 (21. a5 {was necessary.} b5 22. Ne5) 21... g5 {...f4! is the strong threat. } (21... Qh6 22. a5 $17) 22. Qb4 Nf6 ({Less strong is} 22... Qh6 23. Kf1 $19) 23. Qc4 Nd5 24. g4 (24. a5 $142 b5 25. Qc2) 24... f4 {Black is clearly winning. } 25. Nxe4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qh4 27. exf4 gxf4 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 85%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,131,7,12,12,12,15,19,22,21,14,18,14,25,20,8,18,21,27,18,0,0,8,14,1,2, 1,1,4,26,10,43,20,60,38,53,41,74,81,94,87,174,163,162,166,158,168,174,166,166, 166,159,160,152,117,110,110,122,125,160,177,258,258,258,258,258,258,258,258, 258,258,258,258,258,258,420,243,496,258,258,258,253,614,614,431,5089,2582,1042, 0,0,8,29966,29953,9453,1084,29949,29950,29965,29959,29977,29978,29978,29972, 29973,29974,29974,29972,29972,29973,29969,29970,29970,29971,29978,29979,29988, 29989,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} Ba6 {9...Bb7 is the fancy move. Played by Pentala Harikrishna in August 2020.} 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 {The position is equal.} c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc6 {[#]} 17. h4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A relevant novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 17. g3 Rfd8 18. Kg2 Qc7 19. Qg4+ Kh7 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Qf4 Ne5 22. Qxf6 Ng4 23. Qc3 {1/2-1/2 (89) Navara,D (2703)-Alekseenko, K (2715) Budva 2019}) 17... Rfd8 18. Rb1 Rd5 19. Rh3 {Qf4 is the strong threat. } Rad8 20. Kg1 Kf8 21. Rg3 Ke7 22. Rg4 h5 23. Rc4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. b4 Red5 26. Rbc1 {[%CAl Rb4c5]} cxb4 27. Rxb4 Qd6 (27... Ra5 $16 28. Qc2 (28. Rxb6 Rxa4 29. Rb3 f5 $11) 28... Rb5) 28. Rb7+ Rd7 29. Qxa7 {Hoping for Rxd7+.} Rxb7 30. Qxb7+ $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kf8 31. Qb4 Qxb4 32. axb4 {KR-KR} Rb5 33. Rc4 Ke7 34. g4 hxg4 35. Rxg4 f5 36. Rc4 Rb8 37. Kg2 Kf6 (37... Rg8+ { was necessary.} 38. Kf3 Rb8) 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ke2 Kh5 40. Kd3 e5 41. Kc3 $1 e4 42. Rc7 Kxh4 43. Rxf7 Kg4 44. Kb3 $1 Rb6 $2 (44... Rd8 {was called for.} 45. b5 Rd1) 45. Rf8 (45. Rc7 $142 Kf3 46. Rc2) 45... Rb7 $2 (45... Rd6 46. b5 Rd1) 46. Rd8 (46. Rc8 $142 Kf3 47. Rc2) 46... Kf3 47. Rd2 f4 48. exf4 Kxf4 49. Rd5 Rf7 ( 49... Rb8 $142 50. Kc4 Kf3) 50. b5 Kf3 51. Rd2 $2 (51. Re5 $18 {Black must now prevent Re6.} Kf4 52. Re8) 51... Kg2 $1 $11 52. Re2 Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (52... Rf4 $11) 53. Re3+ Kf4 54. Kb4 Rf6 55. Ka5 {White mates.} Rf5 56. Ka6 Rc5 57. b6 {[%CAl Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rc2 58. b7 Ra2+ 59. Kb6 Rb2+ 60. Kc7 Rc2+ 61. Kd7 Rb2 {[#]} 62. Kc6 $1 Rc2+ 63. Kd5 Rd2+ {[#]} 64. Kc4 $1 Rxf2 65. Rb3 Rc2+ 66. Kb5 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 65%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,71,4,0,-2,0,0,25,28,41,7,12,13,17,0,25,0,31,-13,-7,-13,0,0,16,16,31, 0,6,0,8,2,9,0,12,13,13,13,12,13,10,13,26,0,19,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,8,6,15,8, 29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8. Bf4 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6.} Ne7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Bxg6 $1 {White has an edge.} hxg6 {[#]} 11. Bg3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O f5 12. Re1 c5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rh4 15. Bg3 Qc6 16. f3 Rd4 17. Qe3 {0-1 (58) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) -Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 11... c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Re1 Be7 14. Ne4 Rb8 15. b3 (15. Nf6+ $5 Kd8 16. b3 $11) 15... c4 16. Qd4 cxb3 17. cxb3 Bxe4 (17... Rc8 {with more complications.} 18. Bf4 O-O 19. Bg5 Ba3 20. Rad1 Qa5) 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Rad1 Rfc8 20. h4 Rb4 21. Qd3 a5 22. Qxd7 Bxh4 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. a3 Rg4 25. Bxh4 Rxh4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. g3 Rh5 27. b4 Rb7 28. Re4 Rb5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rf8 axb4 31. axb4 Rf5 32. Rh4+ Rh5 33. Rc4 Rf5 34. g4 Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Rfxe5 $11 35. Rxf7 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1) 35. g5 { [%CAl Rc4h4]} Rh3 36. Rcc8 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 77%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,65,18,18,18,15,13,19,12,24,13,33,31,37,23,27,20,29,15,30,30,30,28,39, 30,61,78,80,87,89,35,90,86,94,89,112,94,99,124,206,176,645,402,393,0,0,0,96,94, 83,70,451,429,410,404,531,517,493,490]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 a6 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nd7 7. Be2 Rc8 8. O-O { The position is equal.} c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. c3 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne7 11. Nxc5 Rxc5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. b4 Rc8 14. b5 axb5 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. a4 b4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 {1-0 (27) Sasikiran,K (2673)-Sadhwani,R (2434) Sitges 2018}) 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Nbd4 Bg6 13. a4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. f4 Be7 17. f5 exf5 18. e6 Nf6 19. exf7+ (19. Nxf5 O-O $14) ({White should play} 19. Qb3 $16) 19... Kxf7 (19... Bxf7 $14 20. Nxf5 (20. Rxf5 O-O $11) 20... O-O) 20. h4 $16 f4 21. Bxf4 Bc5 22. h5 Be4 23. h6 Rg8 (23... Re8 $16) 24. Bg5 Qd6 $2 (24... Rc6) 25. hxg7 Qg3 {[%csl Ge4][%CAl Rg3g2] [#]} 26. Rxf6+ $2 (26. Bh5+ $1 $18 Kxg7 27. Bxf6+ Kh6 28. Bf3 (28. Rf2 Rcf8 $18) 28... Bxd4+ 29. Qxd4 Qxg2+ 30. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Rf2+ 32. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 dxe4 34. Bd4) 26... Kxg7 $11 { [%csl Ge4][%CAl Rg3g2]} 27. Rf2 Rgf8 (27... Rcf8 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 28. Bf3 Rxf3 29. Rxf3 Qxg5) 28. Bf3 $16 Bxf3 {[#]} 29. Qd2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} ({Black should try} 29... Kg8 $14) 30. Qxd4+ Kg6 31. Be7 ({ Weaker is} 31. Bh4 Qg4 $18) 31... Rf7 {intending ...Be4.} 32. Qd3+ {[%mdl 64] Pin} Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Qxf2+!} 33. Rxf3 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 53%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,83,32,-2,18,-13,19,19,37,16,42,0,9,4,0,2,18,6,14,0,0,-3,-3,0,0,-9,-8, -18,-12,-16,-4,-22,0,-10,0,0,0,4,6,7,10,11,14,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. Rd1 Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bh2 Be7 {The position is equal.} 14. Rd2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bc8 16. Nd4 Nf8 {[#]} 17. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nce2 a6 18. Nf4 c5 19. Nde2 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 h5 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. Nef4 h4 23. c4 {1/2-1/2 (48) Dominguez Perez,L (2754)-Grischuk,A (2783) Beijing 2013}) 17... h5 18. a5 a6 19. e6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxc7 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rh6 23. Ne4 Bd5 24. Nc3 Bb4 25. Rd3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re6 27. Kf1 Kd7 28. Bb6 Be4 29. Rc4 Bg6 30. Rd4+ Rd6 31. Rxd6+ Kxd6 {KB-KB} 32. c3 Bd3+ 33. Ke1 Kd5 34. h4 f6 35. g3 Ke4 36. Bd4 Bc4 37. Kd2 Kf3 38. b4 Ke4 39. Ke1 Kf3 40. Kd2 Ke4 41. Be3 Kf3 42. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,97,20,20,8,8,7,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20, -22,-15,-24,0,-38,23,0,50,50,50,50,51,38,47,29,34,36,31,0,0,0,24,14,21,8,34,26, 31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,29,56,40,40,43,50,0,0,0,991,943,852,895,875,828,1302,1125, 1187,1201,1189,1144,962,826]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} (6. O-O {looks sharper.} Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qc2 Bd6 9. Be3) 6... Be6 { 6...Nd7 is a critical line.} 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 {The position is equal.} (8. Qe2 {is interesting.} f6 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Nc4) 8... Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. Nf3 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nc4 f6 14. b4 Ne6 15. c3 Rad8 16. Qe2 a6 17. g3 Rd7 {1-0 (102) Dominguez Perez,L (2763)-Wang,H (2726) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 12. Nd2 Ba7 13. Nc4 O-O-O 14. Qe1 Kb8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 f6 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Ne5 19. Kh1 Rhe8 20. Na5 c5 21. Qg3 Rd7 22. Nc4 Qe6 (22... Nc6 $15) 23. Rf5 Ka7 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Raf1 b6 26. Qf3 Kb7 27. h4 a5 28. Qg3 Rde7 29. R1f2 Qd7 30. Qe3 Re6 31. Kh2 R6e7 32. R2f3 Re6 33. Qf2 R6e7 34. Rg3 Qe6 35. h5 Qh6 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. Rgf3 Qe6 38. Qg5 Qg8 39. Rf8 Qe6 $1 40. Rxe8 Rxe8 41. Qxg7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame aiming for Rf7. KQR-KQR} Rg8 $1 {[%CAl Rg8g7]} 42. Rf6 Qxb3 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (42... Qc8 $11 43. Qxh7 Qg4) 43. Qxh7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qa2 44. Qf7 Qxf7 45. Rxf7 a4 46. Kh3 b5 47. g4 b4 48. Kh4 Kc6 49. h6 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 81%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,67,25,37,18,27,12,21,16,32,29,29,30,124,38,77,62,79,77,88,74,78,69,79, 45,61,30,45,52,52,41,45,42,46,0,54,40,163,49,64,63,53,53,89,81,219,207,756,752, 693,677,725,727,716,719,1058,1034,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 {[%CAl Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} a6 5. a4 Bg7 6. h3 { B06: Modern Defence.} Nc6 7. Bc4 Nxe4 8. Bxf7+ {The position is equal.} Kxf7 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nc5 {[#]} Rf8 $146 (10... Re8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd6 11. Ng5+ Kg8 12. Qf3 Bf6 13. c3 h6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Nge4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qe7 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. Nxf6+ {0-1 (28) Kavisha,S (1723)-Safranska,A (2211) Barbera del Valles 2018}) 11. O-O (11. Ng5+ $1 $16 Kg8 12. Nce6 Bxe6 13. Nxe6) 11... Kg8 12. c3 $1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. a5 c6 16. Be3 Bc7 17. b4 Qd6 { [%csl Gc7][%CAl Rd6h2]} 18. f4 $1 g5 {[%CAl Rg5f4]} 19. Qh5 gxf4 20. Bd4 Qg6 21. Qxg6+ hxg6 22. Rae1 Bd6 {[#]} (22... Kf7 $14) 23. Be5 (23. Nxb7 $1 $18 { [%mdl 512]} Bc7 (23... Bxb7 24. Re6) 24. Nc5) 23... Bxc5+ 24. bxc5 Bf5 25. Rxf4 Rae8 {[#]} 26. Rh4 $1 {[%CAl Rh4h8] aiming for Rh8+.} g5 (26... Re6 $16) 27. Rh5 $18 g4 $2 (27... Kf7) 28. hxg4 Bd3 29. Rg5+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ Ke6 31. Bd6+ Kf6 32. Rge7 {White wants to mate with R1e6+.} Rc8 33. R1e6+ Kg5 34. Rg7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 37%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,79,20,15,14,19,33,18,22,12,11,0,8,15,9,11,14,0,35,18,39,28,34,38,51, 41,54,35,64,49,47,40,39,36,40,5,36,34,43,40,40,38,39,35,57,49,116,56,50,45,54, 46,86,78,98,102,208,212,212,91,232,233,290,281,29973,29971]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 { E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. N4f3 {[#]} a6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Qa5 12. a3 Rfd8 13. b4 Qh5 14. Qb3 Be8 15. Rfd1 a5 16. b5 a4 17. Qa2 Na5 { 0-1 (70) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Gelfand,B (2676) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12. Rc1 b5 13. Be2 Qb6 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Qb1 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Qb2 Bf5 19. b4 Ne6 20. Rc3 Bg4 21. Rfc1 {Hoping for Ne5!} Na7 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Ne5 Rxd3 27. Nxd3 Qd6 28. Qc3 Qc6 29. Qe5 Qc7 30. Qd5 Kg7 (30... Nc6 $14) 31. Bf3 (31. Bg4 $16) 31... Nc8 $14 32. Bg4 Nb6 33. Qe4 Nf8 34. Qd4+ f6 35. Nc5 e5 (35... Qd6 $16 {was necessary.}) 36. Qd3 $18 f5 37. Bd1 ({And not} 37. Nxa6 Qc1+ 38. Bd1 Nc4 $14) (37. Be2 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 37... Nc4 (37... Nbd7 $16) 38. Bb3 ({Weaker is} 38. Nxa6 Qa7 $14) 38... Nd6 39. Qd5 e4 $2 {[#]} (39... Qe7 $18 40. Nxa6 e4) 40. Qg8+ { Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 62%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,142,4,20,12,19,8,22,0,4,0,6,13,8,12,8,4,6,4,12,10,10,2,6,2,26,26,33, 33,33,7,55,55,57,51,92,51,61,70,54,33,33,22,22,3,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9, -8,-10,-10,-25,-23,-25,-38,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 { D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Qb6 7. Nb3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Qd8 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. c3 Ne4 16. Nd3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nbc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qe7 {0-1 (54) Grischuk,A (2777)-Karjakin,S (2752) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Be5 (15. c3 {is interesting.} O-O 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Rfe1 Nd6 18. Nf3) 15... O-O 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c3 Bd6 18. f4 Kh8 19. Nc1 Bc7 20. Qh5 Qe7 21. Nd3 Rg8 22. Rf3 f5 23. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%CAl Rh5h7] [#]} Rg7 $1 24. Qf3 Bd6 25. Kh1 Rc8 26. Rg3 Rg6 27. Rxg6 hxg6 28. g3 Kg7 29. h4 Rh8 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. Qe2 Qb5 32. Kf2 Rh7 33. Ne1 Qxe2+ 34. Kxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. hxg5 (35. fxg5 Bxg3) 35... Rh2+ $1 36. Ke3 Rxb2 37. Nd3 Rc2 (37... Rb3 $15) 38. Rb1 {The position is equal.} Rxc3 39. Rxb7 Ra3 40. Rb6 Bc7 41. Rxa6 Bxa5 {Threatens to win with ...Bd2+!} 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. Ne5 {Threatening Ra7.} Bc3 47. Rxa1 Bxa1 {KB-KN} 48. Ke3 Bc3 49. Nc6 Kf8 50. Ne5 Kg8 51. Nc6 Kg7 52. Ne5 Ba5 53. Nc6 Bc7 54. Kf3 Bd6 55. Ke3 Kg6 56. Kf3 f6 57. gxf6 Kxf6 58. g4 fxg4+ 59. Kxg4 Bc7 60. Kf3 Bd6 61. Kg4 $1 Ba3 62. Ne5 Bb2 63. Nc6 Bc3 64. Kf3 Ba1 65. Kg4 Bb2 66. Kf3 Ba3 67. Kg4 Bd6 68. Na5 Bc7 69. Nc6 Bd6 70. Na5 Bc7 71. Nc6 Bd6 { Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,114,17,19,12,10,23,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,8,0,20,0,41,11,14,18,27,37, 31,21,24,22,39,0,77,68,72,81,132,125,125,66,66,71,72,68,79,71,79,79,74,72,72, 65,99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,4,7,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,12,9,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0, 0,0,0,-2,-2,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 15. Be3 $146 (15. Nh4 {seems wilder.} Re6 16. a4 b4 17. Nhf5 Na5 18. Bd2) ({Predecessor:} 15. h3 Bc5 16. b4 Bf8 17. a4 g6 18. h4 Be6 19. h5 g5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 {1-0 (35) Oratovsky,M (2499)-Gonzalez Perez,A (2492) Catalunya 2014}) 15... Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qd7 17. h3 (17. a4 {feels hotter.} Rad8 18. h3 Qd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2) 17... Re6 (17... a5 {keeps more tension. } 18. Qe2 a4 19. a3 Qd6 20. Re1 g6) 18. Ne4 (18. Qe1 {is more complex.} Rae8 19. b4 Qd8 20. a4 Nd7 21. Qd1) 18... Bxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 20. Qf1 Qe7 21. a4 b4 22. a5 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb8 (23... Nd7 $11) 24. Bd3 $16 ({Much weaker is} 24. Qxa6 Nd4 $11) 24... Ra8 25. Bxa6 Nd7 ({Better is} 25... g6) 26. Bb7 Ra7 {[#]} ({ But not} 26... Rxa5 $2 27. Bxc6 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 $18) 27. Bxc6 ({White should play } 27. Qb5 $1 $16 Ncb8 28. Ree1) 27... Rxc6 $14 28. Qb5 Rb6 29. Qc4 Rba6 30. Rd3 Nc5 31. Rd5 $1 {[%csl Bc5,Be5]} Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxe5 ({Of course not} 33. Nxe5 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 $11) 33... Qd6 {And now ...Ra1+ would win.} 34. Qd4 ( 34. Re8+ $16 Kh7 35. Ne5 Ra1+ 36. Kh2) 34... f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 35. Qxd6 cxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 36. Re7 Kf8 37. Rc7 Nxe4 38. Nd4 Re5 39. f3 Nc5 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. Rc6 Ke7 43. f4 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Nd3+ 45. Kg3 Re3+ {The position is equal.} 46. Kh2 {Hoping for Nf5+.} g6 47. f5 g5 48. Rc7+ Ke8 49. Rh7 g4 {( -> ...g3+)} 50. hxg4 Ne5 51. g3 Nxg4+ 52. Kh3 Nf2+ 53. Kg2 Ne4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 54. Rh8+ Ke7 55. Rh7+ Ke8 56. Rh8+ Ke7 57. Rh7+ Ke8 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] {[%evp 0,125,19,38,40,41,66,27,36,-6,11,-40,14,14,14,15,20,0,4,4,15,34,34,33, 49,38,59,36,65,46,47,58,58,39,71,51,49,49,105,105,148,122,122,28,21,44,36,63, 43,47,78,84,88,98,127,139,110,118,107,103,95,90,145,112,123,89,102,98,107,107, 107,105,123,124,129,82,82,84,100,116,116,94,94,79,77,82,82,68,115,113,106,107, 99,99,118,117,127,119,120,117,148,138,118,151,158,157,205,206,211,199,221,219, 247,252,263,285,341,365,390,385,391,404,429,457,558,573,618,635]} 1. e4 { [%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd7 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00: 11]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Be3 { [%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00: 44]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 17. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0: 00:14]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 19. f5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 20. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kh8 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nbd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Nxf6 { [%emt 0:00:25]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 25. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 26. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 27. Bxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 28. Bxd5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 30. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. bxc3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 35. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. hxg3 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. g4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 40. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Rxf7 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 45. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (46... Bd4+ 47. Kf3 Rf4+) 47. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Kf3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Bc5 $4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 50. Rg8+ $18 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. Rg4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 53. Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 54. Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. Kd5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 58. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 59. g3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 60. f6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Bd5+ { [%emt 0:00:15]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 63. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,100,9,8,24,0,21,12,24,12,13,19,19,20,18,17,14,12,25,27,29,23,29,12, 35,35,43,57,52,16,55,47,55,42,47,46,71,69,65,44,58,6,80,55,80,65,74,34,81,35, 55,60,74,0,0,-10,197,170,170,25,31,23,22,-14,-14,-13,0,-12,-12,-9,0,-104,-23, -11,0,0,0,-63,-51,-35,-58,-99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 {C45: Scotch Game.} 7. Qe2 (7. Nc3 { is more complex.} Nf6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5) 7... Qe7 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 Rb8 {[#]} 12. Rhe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Re8 13. g4 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Bc4 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 a5 18. a3 c5 19. Rde1 Bc6 20. Nd5 Qe5 21. c3 Rb7 22. f4 Qg7 23. f5 gxf5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Pluister, D-Giesen,J Hengelo 1999}) 12... Nd7 13. Na4 Re8 14. f4 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Nb6 16. Nc3 c5 17. Qf2 f6 18. g4 Be6 19. Rg1 Rf8 20. h4 Bc4 21. Qf3 c6 22. g5 Rbd8 23. Bxc4+ Nxc4 24. Qd3 Nb6 $1 25. Rg4 (25. a4 $14) 25... d5 (25... f5 $1 $11 26. exf5 Qd7) 26. gxf6 ({Of course not} 26. exd5 $6 cxd5 27. gxf6 Qxf6 $11) 26... Rxf6 27. Rdg1 Rf7 $1 28. e5 Kh8 29. h5 Rdf8 30. Qg3 {[#] e6! is the strong threat.} Rg8 31. Nd1 ({White should try} 31. Ne2 $16) 31... d4 $1 $11 32. Nf2 Qe6 $2 {[#]} (32... Nd5 $1 $11) 33. b3 $1 $18 Qf5 34. Qd3 (34. Re1 $18) (34. h6 g6 35. Re1) 34... Nd5 $1 $11 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Nd3 Rxh5 37. Nxc5 Ne3 38. Rg5 Rh2 39. Ne4 g6 40. Nd2 (40. Kb1 $11 {remains equal.}) 40... Rf8 (40... Re8 $17) 41. e6 $1 Nf5 42. Re1 Re8 43. Nf3 (43. Nc4 $11 Re7 44. Ne5) 43... Rf2 $15 44. Ne5 Kg7 45. Reg1 {Hoping for Nd3.} Rxf4 (45... Ne3 $17 46. Kb1 Rxe6 $17) 46. Nd3 $1 $36 {[%CAl Rd3f4][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.The position is equal.} Rf3 47. Ne5 Rf2 {Strongly threatening ...Ne3.} 48. Nd3 $1 {[%CAl Rd3f2] } Rf3 49. Ne5 Rf4 (49... Rf2 $5 50. Nd3 $8 Rf3 $11) 50. Nd3 $1 {[%CAl Rd3f4]} Rf3 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,159,4,16,0,12,10,15,10,15,9,13,0,8,-5,28,27,38,31,20,12,26,12,24,12, 31,46,60,37,38,21,50,58,140,139,186,186,189,190,190,190,169,183,379,373,361, 320,320,321,365,354,335,312,305,177,174,172,173,168,186,175,197,201,190,133, 256,244,231,245,210,45,21,24,20,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,9,0,8,-43,8,0,42,-8,-8,-16,-22, -8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-547,-103,-270,0,-24,0,0,77,77,120,145,135,82,82,0,1630, 1580,5077,5496,4654,3012,29960,12486,29971,29974,29989,29963,29971,29973,29972, 29974,29976,29977,29976,29979,29979,29980,29980,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982, 29982,29983,29984,29985,29985,29980]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} Nc6 8. Qd1 Re8 9. Nf4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 10. Nfd5 Be5 11. Be2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 {[#]} Bxc3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne7 13. O-O d6 14. Qd3 f5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. f4 Bf6 {1-0 (27) Malakhatko,V (2470)-Makhnev,D (2476) Almaty 2019}) 13. bxc3 Ne5 14. O-O d6 15. c4 Qh4 16. Qc2 b6 17. Bb2 Qh6 (17... Ng4 {keeps more tension.} 18. h3 Ne5 19. Rab1 Nd7 20. Qa4 Qe7) 18. e4 Nd7 19. Rae1 Nc5 20. Bd1 Qg6 {[%CAl Re8e4]} 21. Re3 Nxe4 (21... f6 $1 $14) 22. Rfe1 $1 $16 {aiming for f3.} Bf5 23. g4 (23. Qe2 Rf8 24. Ba4) 23... Bxg4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 25. Kh1 f5 26. f3 {[#]} Qh4 $2 (26... Ng3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. hxg3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 (28. fxg4 Rxe1+ 29. Kg2 fxg4 $14) 28... Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qxg3+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Kf7) 27. fxe4 $18 f4 {[#]} 28. Qg2 $1 {[%csl Gb2][%CAl Rg2g7][%mdl 512]} Re7 29. R3e2 Qh5 30. Rf2 Rf8 31. Rg1 {[%CAl Rg2g7] Intending Qxg7+! and mate.} Rff7 32. Bd4 (32. Rgf1 $142) 32... f3 33. Qg4 Qxg4 34. Rxg4 h5 35. Rh4 g6 36. Kg1 Kh7 37. Rd2 (37. e5 $18 dxe5 38. Be3) 37... Kh6 (37... g5 $16 38. Rxh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6) 38. e5 $1 dxe5 39. Be3+ g5 40. Re4 $2 (40. d6 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rd6e7]} f2+ 41. Bxf2 gxh4 42. dxe7 Rxe7 43. Bxh4 Rg7+ 44. Rg2) 40... Kg6 $14 {White must now prevent ...Kf5.} 41. c5 Kf5 42. Rc4 bxc5 43. Rxc5 Re8 44. Kf2 g4 45. Rc6 Rh8 46. Bxa7 h4 47. Be3 (47. Ke3 $11) 47... Rg7 ({Black should play} 47... e4 $15) 48. a4 {And now a5 would win. } e4 (48... Ke4 $5 {[%CAl Rg4g3]} 49. Rc4+ Kf5 $16) 49. d6 g3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Kf1 $1 cxd6 {Hoping for ...Rb8.} 51. h3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Rd8 52. Rd5+ Ke6 53. Rh5 $1 Rb7 {Strongly threatening ...Rb3.} 54. Rh6+ Kd5 55. Rc1 $1 Rb3 56. Bg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Rh5+ $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Ke6 57. Rh6+ Kf5 58. Rh5+ Kg6 59. Rh6+ Kf5 60. Rh5+ Ke6 61. Rh6+ Ke5 62. Rh5+ Kf6 63. Rh6+ Kf5) 56... Re8 $2 (56... Rg8 $19 57. Rh5 Ke6) 57. Bxh4 $2 (57. Bf4 $17 {is the only way for White.} Rd8 58. Kg1) 57... g2+ $2 (57... Rg8 $1 $19 58. Re1 (58. Rh5+ Ke6) 58... Rb2 59. Rh5+ Kc6 60. Rc1+ Kb7 61. Rh7+ Kb6 62. a5+ Kxa5 63. Rh5+ Kb6 64. Rf5 Rh2 65. Kg1 f2+ $19 ) 58. Kg1 e3 {...Rg8 is the strong threat.} 59. Rd1+ Kc4 (59... Ke4 $11 60. Bg3 e2 61. Rh4+ Kf5 62. Rf4+ Kg5 63. Rg4+ Kf5 64. Rf4+ Kg5 65. Rg4+ Kf5 66. Rf4+) 60. Rhxd6 $16 f2+ 61. Kxg2 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} Rg8+ 62. Kf3 (62. Kh2 $142 $1) 62... Rg1 {[#]} 63. R6d4+ ({Better is} 63. Rc6+ $1 $16 Kb4 64. Rcc1 e2+ 65. Kxe2 Kxa4 66. Bxf2 Rxd1 67. Rxd1 (67. Kxd1 Rxh3 68. Ke2 Rh2 $14) 67... Rxh3 68. Be3) 63... Kc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... Kc5 $11 64. Rd5+ (64. Be7+ Kb6 $11) 64... Kb6) 64. Bxf2 $18 exf2 65. Kxf2 Rxd1 66. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kc2 {[#]} 67. Rh1 $1 Ra3 68. h4 {White mates.} Kd3 69. Kf3 Kd4+ 70. Kf4 Rxa4 71. h5 Kd5+ 72. Kf5 Ra2 73. h6 Rf2+ 74. Kg6 Rg2+ 75. Kf6 Rf2+ 76. Ke7 Re2+ 77. Kd7 Ra2 78. Rh5+ Ke4 79. h7 Ra7+ 80. Ke6 {A wild game. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 64%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,87,21,26,57,60,167,179,181,177,158,166,149,145,139,153,138,156,146, 118,192,178,192,174,177,177,229,210,259,247,349,349,349,349,336,285,418,418, 392,277,391,366,579,579,1284,1310,1160,981,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843, 12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12844,12845,0,12845,12843]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Rxb7 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bxd4 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qa4 Rc8 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 15. Ba3 {[#]} Bb6 $146 (15... Bf6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15... Re8 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. Bxe7 Bb6 20. h4 Rc2 21. e5 Rxf2 22. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 (56) Cowpar, S-Boyarchenko,V ICCF email 2008}) 16. Rd1 $18 Qe8 {White is clearly better.} 17. Be2 {aiming for Bb5.} Na5 18. Bb5 Nxb7 19. Bxe8 Rfxe8 20. g3 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Kg2 Red8 (22... Bb6 $16 {was necessary.} 23. e5 e6) 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 24. Qc2 Bb6 25. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} e5 (25... e6 {is a better defense.} 26. f4 h6) 26. h4 h5 27. f3 Be3 (27... Rd4 $142 28. Qc8+ Rd8) 28. Qc3 Bd4 29. Qc7 Re8 30. a5 Re6 (30... Kg7 {was worth a try.} 31. Kf1 Re6) 31. f4 Kg7 {intending ...exf4.} 32. Kf3 Rf6 (32... exf4 { keeps fighting.} 33. gxf4 a6) 33. Qd7 Bc3 (33... a6 $142 34. f5 Bb2) 34. Qxa7 exf4 35. gxf4 Be5 36. Qe3 Bc7 37. Qc3 Bb8 38. a6 Ba7 39. f5 gxf5 40. exf5 Bb8 41. Ke4 Ba7 42. Qb2 Bb6 43. Qc3 $2 {[#]} (43. Kf4 $18 Bc5 {[#]} 44. Kg5 $1 { [%mdl 512]} Be3+ 45. Kxh5) 43... Bf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Ba7 $11 44. Qa1 Bf2) 44. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 32%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,62,16,25,15,12,7,17,21,44,39,30,47,47,34,64,67,69,64,64,56,72,56,47, 51,54,67,53,55,86,22,40,35,25,-219,-202,-465,-450,-451,-443,-562,-565,-553, -537,-578,-583]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Qd3 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} O-O 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfc1 {The position is equal.} Rfe8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... e4 16. Qd1 Ne5 17. c4 Nfd7 18. Nd2 f5 19. b4 {1-0 (40) Kuczynski,R (2430)-Breitfeld,M Goerlitz 1999}) 16. Qd1 Nfe4 17. f3 Nf6 $1 18. c4 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Nd7 20. Qa3 h6 21. b4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qe3 Qd8 24. Rc3 ({White should try} 24. c5 $16) 24... Nf6 25. Rd1 e4 26. Qd4 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (26. f4 $11) 26... exf3 $1 $19 27. Bxf3 $2 {[#] } (27. Bf1 f2+ 28. Qxf2) 27... g4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection. Black is clearly winning.} 28. Bxg4 Re4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Bxc8 {Qb6 is the strong threat.} Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxc8 31. c5 Qe8 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 88%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bc2 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 10. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:13] } O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. Ng3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00: 15]} 15. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 16. d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 18. h3 {[%emt 0: 00:25]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. b4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ncd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} axb5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Qe2 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 25. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 26. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qc7 { [%emt 0:00:19]} 27. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Qa1 { [%emt 0:00:35]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00: 20]} 30. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 31. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Ra7 { [%emt 0:00:51]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 34. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxe3+ {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 35. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 38. Kh2 { [%emt 0:00:20]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 40. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 43. Ng4 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 45. Nfe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Nfxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Nxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd7 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 50. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 51. Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:00] } d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Rea1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Ra6+ { [%emt 0:00:02]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 54. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 55. Ra5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Rxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] {[%evp 0,36,34,18,77,53,57,28,-4,-6,-6,-1,69,26,31,8,136,122,70,80,64,80,90, -45,46,-115,-214,-214,-240,-289,-285,-322,-450,-552,-470,-588,-310,-727,-864]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Bc4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:12] } 8. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:02:24]} Ngf6 { [%emt 0:00:42]} 10. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} 11. dxe5 { [%emt 0:00:29]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 12. Nxe5 $4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (12. Kh1) 12... Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 15. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxe4 { [%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 17. Qc2 { [%emt 0:00:28]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 18. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nf2+ {[%emt 0: 00:18]} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,101,-12,-19,-15,-16,-15,-12,-10,-12,-10,-14,-28,0,-30,-32,-31,-33,-37, 0,-8,5,8,18,0,0,-34,22,0,0,0,0,0,16,-25,15,0,0,0,62,54,101,66,78,72,65,74,69, 62,62,62,62,60,66,68,85,69,66,29,126,53,131,116,235,239,414,414,502,494,476, 457,552,559,533,538,449,196,197,195,445,203,200,0,0,0,317,184,197,166,765,767, 12843,12843,12844,12844]} 1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. f4 Bg7 5. Qf3 d6 6. Bb5+ {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Ne2 {Threatening e5.The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O Nc6 {[#]} 10. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbc3 Rac8 11. Nd1 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Ne3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxb2 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd5 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 {0-1 (29) Gutmann,A (2100)-Matt,F (2347) St Johann im Pongau 2016 }) 10... b5 11. c4 b4 12. h3 a5 13. a4 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rab8 15. Bc3 Ne8 16. Qe3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 ({Better is} 17... Rxf5 $15 18. Nd2 Rf7) 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nbc3 Ne6 20. Nb5 Rf6 21. Rf3 Rg6 22. Rg3 Kf7 23. Kh2 Qd8 (23... Rbg8 $11) 24. Qf3 $1 $14 {[%CAl Rf3c6]} Rc8 (24... Ncd4 $2 25. Nbxd4 cxd4 26. Qh5 $18) 25. Qh5 Ng7 26. Qxh7 Rxg3 27. Kxg3 Qg8 28. Qxg8+ Rxg8 29. Kf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ne6 30. Ra1 Kf6 31. g4 Rh8 32. g5+ Kg6 33. Kg3 Nb4 (33... Ng7 $11) 34. d4 (34. Rxa5 $16 Nxd3 35. Ra7) 34... cxd4 (34... Nc2 $14 35. Rd1 ( 35. Rxa5 cxd4 36. h4 d3 $11) 35... Rb8) 35. Nbxd4 $16 ({Don't play} 35. Nexd4 $6 Nxf4 36. Kxf4 Rxh3 $11) 35... Nc5 (35... Nxd4 $16 36. Nxd4 e5) 36. Rxa5 $18 Ne4+ $2 {[#]} (36... Nbd3 37. Nc6 Ne4+ 38. Kh2 Rh7) 37. Kg2 Nc5 38. Rb5 Nbd3 39. b4 Ne4 40. Nxf5 Ne1+ 41. Kf1 Rxh3 42. Kxe1 (42. Nxe7+ $142 Kf7 43. Rb7) 42... Rh1+ 43. Ng1 Rxg1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 44. Ke2 e5 {[#]} 45. Nh4+ $2 ({Stronger than} 45. fxe5 Kxf5 46. exd6+ Ke6 $11) ({White must play} 45. Ne7+ $1 $18 Kf7 46. Rb7 (46. fxe5 Kxe7 47. exd6+ Nxd6 $11)) 45... Kh5 $1 $11 46. Nf3 Rg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Nc3+ $1 $11 47. Kd2 Rg3 48. Kxc3 Rxf3+ 49. Kd2 Rf2+ 50. Kc3 Rf3+ 51. Kd2 Rf2+ 52. Kc3 Rf3+) 47. Ke3 (47. fxe5 Nc3+ 48. Ke3 Nxb5 $11) (47. Nxe5 $142 Nc3+ 48. Kf3 dxe5 49. Rxe5) 47... Nc3 $18 48. Rb6 ({Weaker is} 48. fxe5 Nxb5 49. cxb5 dxe5 $11) 48... Rxf4 $2 (48... exf4+ 49. Kd4 Rg3) 49. Rxd6 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc4 50. Rh6+ Kg4 51. Rh4+ { Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 53%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,48,13,27,15,16,5,6,9,7,7,11,5,7,11,2,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bxf6 {The position is equal.} 14. e3 a5 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 {[#]} 17. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. h4 Na6 18. Rd1 Nb4 19. Nb3 Qe7 20. Qc5 Rfd8 21. Qxe7 Bxe7 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Zherebukh,Y (2605)-Swiercz,D (2645) Saint Louis 2017}) 17... Na6 18. h4 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Qc2 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Kg2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,59,41,42,38,55,37,58,52,56,55,53,27,25,32,29,30,94,84,83,50,71,85, 100,43,37,54,329,138,230,230,218,208,216,177,154,165,152,0,0,0,0,0,0,-87,-91, -29980,-29981,-29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bxc4 d6 8. O-O {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit.} O-O 9. Nc3 {9.Re1 is setting a new trend.} Nfd7 10. Re1 {[#] White is slightly better.} a5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10... Nb6 11. Bf1 Ba6 12. Nb5 N8d7 13. a4 Nf6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Rad1 Rab8 16. b3 Qb7 {1-0 (28) Vareille,F (2421)-Prie,E (2480) Nimes 2018}) 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd2 Qb8 14. Bh6 Qb4 (14... Bxh6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Qxh6 f6) 15. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 16. a3 Qb3 17. e5 Rae8 18. Re3 ({ Better is} 18. exd6 $16 exd6 19. Ne4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack}) 18... Nc7 $14 19. Rae1 {Strongly threatening exd6.} dxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... f6 $14) 20. Nxe5 (20. d6 $18 exd6 21. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 20... Nf6 (20... Nxe5 $16 {was necessary.} 21. Rxe5 Qb6) 21. Rh3 $1 $18 h5 {[%CAl Rc7d5] [#]} 22. g4 $1 {[%CAl Rg4h5] aiming for gxh5.} h4 23. Rxh4 {Qh6+ would kill now.} ( 23. Rd3) 23... Rh8 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 {[#]} 25. d6 $2 (25. Nc6 $1 $16) 25... exd6 $11 26. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ne6 $1 27. Qe7 Ng5 28. Re3 (28. Qxc5 $11 Qxb2 29. Qe3 Qxa3 30. Qxg5 Qxc3 31. Rc1) 28... Qxb2 $17 29. Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] } (29. a4 $17) 29... Nxg4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 63%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0: 00:05]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf5 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bf5 {[%emt 0: 00:09]} 13. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:01] } Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. Ng3 { [%emt 0:00:23]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c6 {[%emt 0:00: 14]} 18. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 19. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. Qf5 { [%emt 0:00:20]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 22. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf4 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C82"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] {[%evp 0,154,24,11,11,3,11,18,8,7,0,-4,13,-40,2,21,12,9,10,-28,21,-25,2,1,3, -36,-7,-21,-29,-25,-30,-60,103,-84,-67,-67,-67,-289,-292,-311,-300,-307,-311, -311,-295,-321,-320,-296,-250,-265,-257,-257,-239,-236,-244,-252,-228,-251, -242,-251,-187,-242,-243,-222,-178,-264,-300,-279,-237,-307,-250,-264,-298, -279,-290,-290,-172,-184,-172,-177,-148,-167,-150,-151,-148,-146,-133,-139, -146,-139,-139,-131,-139,-135,-144,-161,-147,-155,-152,-152,-138,-148,-146, -157,-142,-157,-126,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-152,-128,-150,-140,-152, -137,-150,-128,-150,-139,-150,-122,-147,-140,-133,-135,-146,-145,-155,-147, -155,-154,-148,-143,-143,-143,-143,-143,-143,-143,-143,-143,-143,-143,-143, -143,-143,-143,-143,-143,-143,-143,-144,-143]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qd6 { [%emt 0:00:38]} 14. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 15. Nfd4 { [%emt 0:00:09]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 16. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00: 17]} 17. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd7 {[%emt 0: 00:36]} 22. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 23. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (23... Qd6 24. g3 Qd5) 24. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxe3 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 25. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Rae1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:04] } 28. R1e2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qg5 { [%emt 0:00:26]} 30. Rde2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 31. Rxe4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00: 13]} 33. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rd3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Kf2 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 37. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} 38. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Nxe5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42. a3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b4 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 45. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. cxb4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 48. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 49. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. Rd4 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 52. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 53. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 54. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Rd2 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 57. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 58. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 60. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 61. Rd7+ { [%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 62. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 63. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 64. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 65. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 66. Kg3 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 67. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 68. g4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 70. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 71. Rd2 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 72. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 73. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 74. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 75. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 76. Rc2 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 77. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,59,20,19,0,0,2,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,23,28,37,64,76,138,75,120, 97,179,141,206,201,200,179,362,359,812,510,774,756,1005,986,29981,1307,1758, 1000,29962,29954,29954,6195,4910,1196]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4). } Ne4 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} g5 9. Be3 Nxc3 $1 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 f5 12. g3 O-O {[#] Threatens to win with ...f4.} 13. f4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13. Qb3 Be7 14. f4 Na5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Bg2 Bd6 17. c4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Be6 19. cxd5 cxd5 {1-0 (34) Carlsen,M (2863)-Firouzja,A (2728) chess24. com INT 2020}) 13... Qe7 14. Bf2 gxf4 15. Bg2 Bd6 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 (16... Be6 $142 17. Qb3 Nd8) 17. Nf3 ({White should try} 17. Nc4) 17... Nd8 18. Qd2 c6 (18... fxg3 $16 {was necessary.} 19. hxg3 f4) 19. Bb3 $18 Ne6 {[#]} (19... fxg3 $16 { was called for.} 20. hxg3 Nf7) 20. d5 $1 {[%CAl Rd5e6]} cxd5 21. Bxd5 fxg3 $2 ( 21... Rf7 22. gxf4 Rg7) 22. hxg3 {Bxe6 is the strong threat.} f4 $2 (22... Rf7 23. Rh5 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5) 23. gxf4 (23. Bd4+ Nxd4 24. Qxd4+ Qf6 25. Ng5 $18) 23... Bxf4 (23... Rxf4 $142 24. Rg1 Qf6 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Qxd6 Qxc3+ 27. Kd1 Qf6) 24. Qd3 {Hoping for Bxe6.} Rf7 25. Rb4 Bd6 {[#]} 26. Rbh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 27. Nd4 Qf6 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Bd4 Be5 {[#]} 30. Rh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 33%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "6"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Rfxd1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 13. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 15. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Be2 { [%emt 0:00:15]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 17. R6d4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 18. h4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 19. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 21. f4 {[%emt 0: 00:09]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 22. e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 24. e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd5 {[%emt 0: 00:17]} 25. Nxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} (25. f5 $142 Rg5 (25... Rg3+ 26. Kxh4 Rg2 27. Bc4 $18) 26. f6+ Kf8 27. f4 Rf5 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. R1xd3 $18) 25... exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 26. f5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 27. e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 28. Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rbg8 {[%emt 0: 00:05]} 29. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 31. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. f4 { [%emt 0:00:59]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (32... Rxa2) 33. R5d2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] {[%evp 0,85,18,13,11,24,25,19,16,-14,-4,2,14,19,20,12,37,23,25,25,13,8,32,7,21, -9,20,13,9,13,15,-9,-11,-19,1,10,3,2,-17,-10,-14,-58,-52,-21,-25,-25,-22,-21, -27,-26,13,-9,0,24,33,31,19,14,39,25,13,35,15,26,77,83,116,119,150,174,213,219, 237,242,237,247,274,284,275,283,490,492,540,568,29991,29992,29993,29994]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. O-O { [%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 9. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O { [%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bxe3 { [%emt 0:00:31]} 17. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. dxe4 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra8 {[%emt 0: 00:16]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Nxe2 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 24. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00: 11]} 25. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 28. Rxc4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 30. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Rec1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (32... Nb5) 33. R6c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nd7 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Rxd7 $18 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 38. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Nh5+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. g4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 41. f4 {[%emt 0: 00:11]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. f5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] {[%evp 0,163,18,15,32,32,47,30,25,15,12,19,17,17,63,23,19,-19,0,-28,-11,-11, -18,-2,9,7,14,0,-2,-74,-70,-118,-120,-116,-110,-105,-113,-121,-107,-137,-114, -126,-108,-99,-103,-133,-102,-102,-105,-107,-121,-121,-118,-117,-132,-132,-124, -121,-120,-124,-127,-135,-124,-121,-121,-121,-93,-92,-88,-121,-121,-115,-112, -119,-121,-114,-99,-104,-95,-106,-88,-102,-94,-104,-99,-104,-101,-117,-90,-115, 10,0,0,0,10,2,29,32,36,32,37,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,43,43,43,32,32,11,30,30,26, 26,40,30,30,26,30,30,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,82,5,4,4,4,96,100,82, 4,75,26,24,20,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0: 00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxc5 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 10. Be5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 12. Qc1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 13. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. b4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} (14. Nca3) 14... Nb3 {[%emt 0: 00:35]} 15. b5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (15. axb3 Qxa1 16. Qe3) 15... Nxc1 {[%emt 0: 00:23]} 16. bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} Rb8 $19 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. axb7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 21. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Nca5 { [%emt 0:00:22]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 23. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 24. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 27. h4 { [%emt 0:00:14]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} 29. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 30. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rba4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Rcc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 32. Ng5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rab4 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} 34. Rdd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rbb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rbc7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 37. Rb8 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Reb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 39. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rcd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Rc2 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Rec7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 44. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rbc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Ra6 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf8 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 49. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. f4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 51. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 52. g4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} hxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53. Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb7 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 54. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. a4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. a5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. Kf3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 59. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 60. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 62. f5 { [%emt 0:00:05]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 63. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg6 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 64. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 65. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 66. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 67. Re5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Rc4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 68. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 69. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 70. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 71. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 72. Ra8 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 73. a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 74. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 75. a7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 76. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 77. Rf8 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 78. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 79. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 80. Rxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 81. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 82. Kxa5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "166"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,166,20,35,27,41,45,35,36,22,12,49,20,23,10,10,20,45,45,45,20,76,44, 91,35,77,73,81,79,122,22,20,16,20,22,55,-52,-42,-71,102,94,110,84,84,88,82,72, 70,70,77,71,66,63,72,68,101,107,118,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114, 114,114,114,114,114,114,114,118,118,119,118,118,118,118,118,118,118,118,118, 118,118,118,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,203,0, 112,28,603,49,66,77,112,112,112,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Bg3 {[#] C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... d6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. c3 Nc5 15. Qc2 a5 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Rab1 Be6 18. b3 a4 {1/2-1/2 (86) Palchuk,A (2142)-Sorensen,H (2361) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 {White is slightly better.} cxd5 14. c4 Bb7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bh7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kxh7 17. Qxd5 Kg8 18. b3 d6 19. Rad1 { [%CAl Re5d6]} Rb6 (19... dxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 20. Qxe5 Bd6) 20. Rfe1 Bf8 21. h3 (21. e6 $16 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. f3) 21... c6 22. Qa5 {[%CAl Re5d6]} d5 {Black wants to play ...Bb4.} 23. Qxa7 Bb4 {[#]} 24. Re2 (24. e6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Re7 (24... Rxe6 25. Rxe6) 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe8 27. Qxb6) 24... Re7 $11 25. Qa4 Qc8 $1 26. a3 Re8 27. Rc2 ({Reject} 27. axb4 Ra6 $11) (27. Rd3 $14) 27... Qb7 $1 $15 28. Rxd5 Bxa3 $2 ( 28... Ra6 $1 $17 {[%CAl Ra6a4] stays on course.} 29. Rd7 Qxd7 30. Qxa6 Qd1+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kh2 Qxc2 32. axb4 Rd8) 29. Rd3 $16 Bf8 30. Qc4 c5 31. Rcd2 {And now Rd7 would win.} Qc6 32. Rf3 (32. Rd7 {seems wilder.} Qe6 33. Rd8 Rb8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Qb5) 32... Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. h4 Reb8 35. Rdd3 Be7 36. h5 Bg5 37. Rc3 Bd2 38. Rxc5 Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB } 40. Rc6 Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. Kh2 Rb4 43. Rc6 Kf7 44. Kh3 Bf4 45. Rc7+ Kf8 46. f3 Bxg3 47. Kxg3 {KR-KR} Rb5 48. f4 Rb3+ 49. Kg4 Rb4 50. g3 Ra4 51. Rb7 Rc4 52. Rb3 Kf7 53. Kf3 Rc1 54. g4 Rf1+ 55. Ke4 Re1+ 56. Re3 Rg1 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58. Kg3 $1 Rg1+ 59. Kh3 $1 Rf1 60. Re4 $1 Rf3+ 61. Kg2 Ra3 {[#]} (61... Rb3 $16 { might work better.} 62. Rd4 Ke7) 62. f5 $2 (62. g5 $1 $18) 62... Ra1 (62... Ke8 $11 {remains equal.}) 63. Rb4 ({White should play} 63. Rc4 $16) 63... Re1 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (63... Ra5 $11) 64. Rb5 $2 (64. Rb7+ $18 Kg8 65. f6 (65. fxe6 Rxe5 66. e7 Kf7 $14) 65... gxf6 66. exf6) 64... Re4 $14 65. Kf3 exf5 66. gxf5 Rh4 { [#]} 67. Rb7+ (67. e6+ $1 $16 Kf6 68. Rd5) 67... Kf8 $11 {The position is equal.} 68. Rb8+ Ke7 $1 69. Rb7+ Kf8 70. e6 Rxh5 71. Rb8+ Ke7 72. Rb7+ Kf8 73. Kf4 Rh1 74. Rb8+ ({Don't do} 74. Rf7+ $6 Kg8 $16) 74... Ke7 75. Rb7+ Kf8 $1 76. Rf7+ Kg8 $1 77. Rd7 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} Re1 78. Rd8+ Kh7 79. Rd7 Kg8 80. Rd8+ Kh7 81. Kg4 Re4+ 82. Kf3 Re5 $1 83. Kf4 Re1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "234"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,234,29,33,18,38,30,40,32,38,33,41,11,26,0,0,0,34,0,95,95,94,108,114, 104,88,95,111,81,155,154,175,94,85,88,93,84,106,106,113,117,119,116,131,89,270, 253,247,173,252,125,125,107,118,131,105,92,120,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75, 75,87,87,88,88,88,8,77,77,77,77,88,88,88,77,88,77,88,88,88,87,88,88,88,88,88, 88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88, 88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,0,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,0,88,88, 88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,89,73,88,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,88,73,88,11, 73,0,96,73,89,73,88,73,73,73,73,0,88,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,88,73,73,73,88,88,85, 0,25,8,25,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. d3 Bf5 {[#]} 4. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bg6 8. g3 Ngf6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nh4 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 {0-1 (32) Goodhue,N (1969)-Timergazi,L Auckland 2012}) 4... h6 5. g3 a5 6. a3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} Nd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. e4 {White is slightly better.} Bh7 9. Qe2 Ngf6 10. e5 Ng8 11. Nh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ne7 12. Nf4 Qc7 13. Nh5 g6 (13... a4 $11) 14. Nf6+ $16 Nxf6 15. exf6 Nf5 16. O-O g5 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Ne5 c5 (18... Bc5 $142) 19. Rae1 $1 O-O-O {[#]} 20. b4 (20. c4 $1 $18) 20... Nd4 21. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 {[#]} 22. Nf3 $1 axb4 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Rb1 Bc5 25. Ra1 Kb8 26. Ra2 e5 $2 (26... Rd6 $16 {might work better.}) 27. Rfa1 { [%csl Ga1][%CAl Ra2a8]} ({Much less strong is} 27. Qxe5 $6 Qd6 $18) 27... Qd6 28. Qxe5 {Hoping for Ra5.} Rhe8 (28... g4 $142) 29. Ra8+ (29. Qxd6+ $18 { is the precise move to win.} Bxd6 30. Rb2 (30. Nxd4 Be5 $16)) 29... Kc7 30. Qxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Qxf6 32. Ne5 Bd6 33. Re1 Bf5 34. Bxd5 Bxe5 35. R8xe5 Kd6 36. Bxb7 Qxe5 37. Rxe5 Kxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 38. Kf1 f6 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. Kd2 Kc5 41. Be4 (41. c4 $16) 41... Bd7 (41... Bxe4 $11 42. dxe4 g4) 42. c3 dxc3+ 43. Kxc3 Be6 44. d4+ Kd6 45. Kb4 Bf7 46. Kb5 Bd5 47. Bd3 Be6 48. Bc4 { Threatens to win with Bxe6.} Bd7+ 49. Kb4 Bc6 50. Kc3 Be4 51. Kd2 Bf5 52. Ke3 Bg6 53. Bd3 Bf7 54. Bf5 Bd5 55. Be4 Bb3 56. Bb7 Bc2 57. Kf3 Bd1+ 58. Ke4 { And now Kf5 would win.} Bc2+ 59. Ke3 Bb3 60. Bf3 Bf7 61. Be2 Bd5 62. f4 Bc6 63. Bf3 Ba4 64. Be4 Bb3 65. Bd3 Bd5 66. Bc2 Bc6 67. Bb3 Bg2 68. Bd1 Bd5 69. Bc2 Bc6 $1 70. Be4 Ba4 71. Ke2 Bb3 72. Bg6 Bd5 73. Ke3 Bb3 74. Bh5 Bd5 75. Bd1 Bc6 76. Bb3 Bg2 $1 77. Kd2 Be4 78. Kc3 Bc6 79. Bc2 Bd5 80. Kd3 Bc6 81. Ke3 Bd5 82. h4 Bc6 83. Be4 Ba4 84. Bb7 Bc2 85. Kf3 Bd1+ 86. Kg2 Bb3 87. Bf3 Be6 88. Be4 Bb3 89. Kh3 {hxg5 is the strong threat.} Be6+ 90. Kh2 ({Better is} 90. f5 $16 Bf7 91. Kg4) 90... Bc4 (90... gxf4 $11 91. gxf4 f5) 91. Kg2 (91. fxg5 $16 fxg5 92. Kg2) 91... Be6 (91... Bb3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 92. Kf3 Bd7 93. Bb7 Bf5 94. Ba8 Be6 95. Ke4 Bh3 96. Kf3 ({White should play} 96. Ke3 $16) 96... Bf5 ( 96... Be6 $11 {remains equal.}) 97. Bb7 Be6 98. Ke4 Bh3 99. Ba6 Bd7 100. Bc4 Bh3 101. Bg8 Bd7 102. Bh7 Be6 103. Bg6 Bd7 104. d5 (104. Bf5 $16 {aiming for Bxd7.} Ba4 105. fxg5 fxg5 106. Ke3) 104... Bh3 105. Bf7 Bd7 106. h5 Bg4 { The position is equal.} 107. Be6 Bxh5 108. Kf5 gxf4 109. gxf4 Ke7 110. d6+ Kxd6 {White should prevent ...Ke7.} 111. Kxf6 Be2 112. Bh3 h5 113. Kg5 Ke7 114. f5 Kf7 115. f6 Bg4 116. Bxg4 hxg4 117. Kxg4 Kxf6 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,84,5,66,34,42,56,48,50,95,102,99,78,93,86,101,93,93,80,85,72,135,129, 242,129,133,131,139,133,153,130,133,0,8,0,0,1,60,23,87,74,102,86,94,0,45,20,15, 9,18,0,25,0,25,32,460,70,81,82,91,106,102,68,68,68,106,61,72,47,48,40,47,0,4,0, 0,0,0]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O e5 ({Better is} 5... Bxd4 $11 6. Nxd4 Nxd4) 6. dxe5 {B06: Modern Defence.} Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Bc4 {[#] White is slightly better.} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nf6 10. Nc3 c6 11. a4 b6 12. Rd6 O-O 13. Rxc6 Ne8 14. Bd3 Bb7 {1-0 (34) Ilken,Z (2230)-Dempster,D (1729) ICCF email 2012}) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. a4 Nf6 11. f3 Qe7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Bf8 (14... Ne8 $142) 15. Qb5 Nd7 (15... c6 $16 16. Qxe5 Nd7) 16. Nc4 ({White has to play} 16. Qxb7 $18 Rab8 17. Qxa7 (17. Qxc7 Rdc8 $16)) 16... Rab8 $16 17. Bxa7 c6 18. Qb3 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Na5 (20. Ne3 $16 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Kh1 (22. Qxe6+ Kh8 $16)) 20... Nc5 $11 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 Rd6 ({Black should play} 22... Rb6 $11) 23. c3 b4 (23... Qc7 $11 { remains equal.}) 24. Qc4 $16 Qb6 25. Qe2 {Nc4 is the strong threat.} bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Nc4 $16 Qb5 27. Ra5) 26... Qc5 27. h3 (27. Nc4 $5 {[%CAl Rc4d6]} Rdd8 28. Ra5 $14) 27... Bh6 28. Qc4 Qb6 29. Qe2 Qc5 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. Qa4 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Hoping for Nc4. White has good play.} Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ( 31... Ra8 $14) 32. Nc4 $2 (32. Nb7 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rb7c5][%mdl 512]} Rxb7 33. Qa8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bf8 34. Qxb7) 32... Rd3 $14 33. Qa6 Re8 34. Nxe5 Rxc3 35. Ng4 {Black must now prevent Nf6+.} Bg7 36. e5 Qe7 37. Qa5 Rc5 38. Qb4 (38. Qa7 {is interesting.} Qxa7 39. Rxa7 Rec8 40. f4 R8c7 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 42. g3) 38... Bxe5 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Qxe7 Rxe7 {The position is equal.} 41. Rae1 Rxe1 42. Rxe1 Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,40,18,21,18,-18,-17,-16,-12,-18,-12,-16,-16,-13,-8,-9,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0, -1236,-1231]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 {The position is equal.} 13. Kh1 Na6 14. e3 Nb4 15. Qe2 { [#]} Bxf3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15... b6 16. Rg1 Qc8 17. Ne5 Bxg2+ 18. Rxg2 c5 19. Rag1 g6 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. h4 cxd4 22. Nxd4 {1-0 (37) So,W (2765)-Navara,D (2738) Saint Louis 2019}) 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Rg1 Qe7 18. Rg5 Kh8 19. Rag1 g6 20. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20. h4 $11) 20... Nxc2 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 100%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,73,2,0,0,3,4,0,6,9,14,0,0,0,0,0,4,6,6,6,7,2,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re3 {[#] Hoping for Bxh7+!The position is equal.} Bg5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Re1 b6 {[#]} 12. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Bb7 13. Ba3 c5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Be2 Bf6 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Qf6 18. Nc4 {0-1 (60) Looshnikov,N (2425)-Lysyj,I (2618) Cheliabinsk 2017}) 12... Bb7 13. d4 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Qf6 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Bc6 18. Bf1 d5 19. c3 Bd7 20. Rxe8 (20. Qd3 {seems wilder.} Qc6 21. Qa6 Qa8 22. g3 c6 23. Rac1) 20... Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Bxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 24. Bd3 g5 25. g3 h6 26. f3 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. a3 a5 30. f4 f6 31. Bc2 Bd7 32. Bd3 Be6 33. b4 Bd7 34. Bc2 Be6 35. Bd3 Bd7 36. Bc2 Be6 37. Bd3 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,140,20,14,22,15,18,25,4,0,0,0,-28,-32,-43,-34,-31,-8,-45,-31,-44,-40, -77,-36,-48,-35,-53,0,-44,-28,-47,-21,-25,-22,-36,-34,-41,-41,-34,-46,-52,-12, -67,-57,-57,-46,-60,-29,-54,-15,-40,0,0,38,33,38,31,55,35,85,49,129,119,325, 233,395,387,395,325,387,67,241,-17,209,196,959,975,954,953,1002,1134,720,1074, 1003,983,1238,1734,2067,2011,1848,1802,1345,1647,1016,1525,1189,-50,-55,-428, -408,-416,-376,-406,-291,-283,-196,-458,-213,-236,-244,-367,-361,-357,-345, -325,-179,-404,-277,-367,-338,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-12847,-29995, -29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} (6. Qe2 {looks sharper.} Qe7 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1) 6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2 {White has an edge.} Nd7 9. Nc4 f6 {[#]} 10. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 a5 11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Qe7 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 b6 15. Qc4 Qd6 16. d4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Cruzado Duenas,C (2602)-Almiron,L (2598) ICCF email 2012}) 10... a5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Be3 Be7 13. b3 Nc5 14. a4 Ne6 15. Qe2 c5 16. c3 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 (17... O-O-O $15) 18. Rb2 (18. g4 $5 { [%CAl Rg4h5]} Bf7 19. d4 $11) 18... Qc8 19. Rbd2 $1 O-O 20. g4 $1 {[%CAl Rg4h5] } Bf7 21. Nh4 g6 22. Ng2 g5 23. f3 h5 24. Bf2 Kh7 25. Nce3 (25. Nge3 $11) 25... Rh8 $15 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. d4 cxd4 28. cxd4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bb4 30. d5 Ng7 31. Rc2 Nxf5 32. gxf5 Qd7 33. Ne3 Kg7 34. Rdc1 Rc8 (34... Bd6 $14) 35. Rc6 $1 $16 Rh3 $2 (35... Ba3 $16) 36. Kg2 $18 Rch8 $2 (36... Rhh8 {is a better defense.} 37. Qc2 b5 38. axb5 Rb8) 37. Ng4 Bd6 38. Bg3 R3h7 39. Qb2 $2 (39. Qc2 $18) 39... Qe7 $2 ({Black should try} 39... Re8 $1 $14) 40. R1c4 $2 (40. Qc3 $18) 40... Bh5 $2 (40... Be8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 41. Qc3 Bxg4 $2 (41... Kf8) 42. Rxc7 Bh3+ 43. Kf2 Bxc7 44. Rxc7 Kh6 45. Rxe7 Rxe7 46. d6 Rd7 {[#]} 47. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe5 48. Qxe5 Kh7 49. Qf6 {[%csl Gf5][%CAl Rf6g6]} Rg8 50. e5 Rgg7 51. Kg3 Rdf7 {[#]} 52. Qd8 $2 (52. Qxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 53. Kxh3 Rxf5 (53... Kg7 54. Kg4 Kf8 55. e6 Rb7 56. f6 $18) 54. d7 Rxf3+ 55. Kg4 Rd3 56. e6 $18) 52... Bxf5 $15 53. Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Qxb6 $15 g4 54. Qxa5) 53... Bd7 $19 54. Qa8 Rg6 55. Qb7 Re6 56. Qe4+ Kg7 57. Qe3 $2 {[#]} (57. Qd4) 57... Rf5 (57... g4 $142 $1 58. f4 (58. fxg4 Rg6) 58... Rh6) 58. Qxb6 Rexe5 59. Qa7 ( 59. b4 {keeps fighting.} axb4 60. Qa7) 59... Rf7 60. Qd4 {[#]} Kf6 $1 61. b4 axb4 ({Inferior is} 61... Bxa4 62. bxa5 Bc6 63. Qb6 $11) (61... Ke6 $142 { Hoping for ...Rf4.} 62. bxa5 Rxa5 63. Qe3+ Re5 64. Qb3+ Kf6) 62. Qxb4 $2 (62. a5) 62... Kg6 63. a5 {[#]} Re3 $1 64. a6 $2 (64. Qb1+ $19 Kh6 65. Qh1+ Kg6 66. Qb1+ Kg7 67. Qd1) 64... Rexf3+ 65. Kg2 Rf2+ 66. Kg1 Rf1+ (66... Bc6 $142 67. Qb1+ Kg7 68. Qc1 Rg2+ 69. Kh1 Rc2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 70. Kg1 Rxc1+ 71. Kh2 Rc3 72. d7 Rf1 73. d8=Q Rh1#) 67. Kg2 Bc6+ {Black mates.} 68. Kg3 R7f3+ 69. Kh2 R3f2+ 70. Kg3 Rg2+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 53%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] {[%evp 0,157,18,15,21,25,13,9,25,13,21,16,17,27,55,31,38,8,0,-9,-13,-10,-16,-5, -5,-20,-12,-13,-5,-5,27,25,12,6,8,-6,14,-14,-6,-6,-6,-38,-18,-12,76,76,67,69, 71,78,147,124,196,213,170,165,118,112,145,127,357,145,240,364,317,317,318,223, 229,204,197,83,86,93,104,93,90,82,75,79,83,65,76,14,20,11,7,-223,23,37,43,44, 47,-25,16,-19,52,55,56,58,60,53,53,54,53,53,53,53,53,75,71,66,75,78,78,78,78, 53,99,111,111,106,106,106,106,106,106,104,104,104,104,112,149,149,144,109,109, 131,131,131,131,131,132,125,123,123,123,123,139,139,139,139,139,139,228,262, 291,333,481,1079]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 6. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 11. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. N2f3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb6 { [%emt 0:00:33]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0: 01:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 15. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 18. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 19. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 21. f4 { [%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:53]} 22. Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00: 51]} 23. Qxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bd7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (24... Bg6) 25. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 26. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 27. Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Qxh5 $18 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 29. Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 30. Rce1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rfe1 $18) 30... Re6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rg8 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Qh5 { [%emt 0:00:21]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 35. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (35. Qxg4) 35... Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Bd3 { [%emt 0:00:09]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 38. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Nxf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41. Nf5+ { [%emt 0:00:06]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g3 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 43. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (43... Rf8 44. hxg3 Rxf5) 44. h3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 45. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 46. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (46... Be3) 47. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Rxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxe5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Kf1 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 53. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 54. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Kb3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} 57. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 58. Ba8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (59... a5 60. Ke3 a4 61. Kf3 Be5 62. Bd5 a3) 60. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:04] } 61. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 62. h4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd6 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 63. Be4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 64. Kg4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 65. h5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 66. h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 67. h7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 68. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 69. Bc2 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 70. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 71. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 72. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh8 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 73. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (73. a3) 73... Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 74. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 75. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 76. Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (76... Bc3 77. a3 (77. Kb5 Bb4) 77... Bb2 $11) 77. a3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 78. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 79. a4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D84"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,46,12,18,0,0,0,8,0,20,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 {The position is equal.} 12. O-O { D84: Grünfeld: 4 Bf4 Bg7 5 e3 0-0 6 cxd5.} f6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Rfc1 Rac8 {[#]} 15. Ba5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nb3 Bd5 16. Rc5 e5 17. Rac1 Bxb3 18. axb3 exd4 19. exd4 f5 20. d5 Rf7 21. d6 {1/2-1/2 (59) Reimanis,R (2370)-Alboredo,J (2190) Caleta 2020}) 15... e5 16. Bb4 Rfd8 17. Be7 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rd7 19. Bc5 f5 { [%CAl Re5d4]} 20. Nb3 Bd5 21. dxe5 Bxb3 22. axb3 {[#] And now Bd4 would win.} Bxe5 23. Ra1 Rb7 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,56,20,18,10,15,22,25,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,14,13,24,14,14,10,23,14,32,19,23, -8,-2,-13,4,-4,0,0,0,-12,-21,-21,-21,-26,-26,-26,-26,-16,0,0,0,-29,-29,-39,-34] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Be6 {6...Nd7 gains popularity.} 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 {White has an edge.} Nd7 $1 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 $1 {[#] Hoping for exf5.} O-O 15. Nf3 {Threatens to win with exf5.} Bf6 {Black wants to play ... fxe4.} 16. e5 Be7 {[#]} 17. Be3 $146 (17. Rd1 $5 {[%CAl Rd1d8]} Qc8 18. Be3 $14 ) ({Predecessor:} 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Be3 Rad8 21. c4 a6 22. b3 Kf7 23. h3 {1-0 (50) Anand,V (2757)-So,W (2760) Kolkata 2019}) 17... c5 18. c4 Qe8 19. Bf2 Rd8 20. b3 Qc6 21. Qe1 Qe4 22. Bh4 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 Bxh4 24. Nxh4 Rd4 25. g3 Bd7 26. Kg1 Bc6 27. Kf2 Rfd8 28. Re2 Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,-14,-19,-80,-71,-75,-78,-85,-87, -77,-26,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,9,6,20,12,59,55,83,2,15,0,0,-75,-4, -90,-87,-80,-6,-5,-4,-4,-5,-5,-3,-60,-20,-523,-514,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29974, -29974,-29975,-29982,-29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3 c6 9. a4 Re8 10. h3 Qc7 11. a5 Rb8 12. Be3 { B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. dxe5 {The position is equal.} dxe5 15. Nd2 {[#]} b5 $146 {[%CAl Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} ({ Predecessor:} 15... Bf8 16. Qf3 Nh5 17. Nb3 Ng7 18. Bf1 Ne6 19. h4 Bg7 20. Bc4 Nf6 21. Ra2 h5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Hausrath,D (2478)-Stellwagen,D (2512) Belgium 2004 }) 16. Nb3 Bb7 17. Qe2 Ra8 18. Red1 Bf8 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. h4 (20. g4 $11) 20... b4 $17 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Ne2 c5 23. Nd2 c4 (23... h5 $17) 24. g4 $1 $11 c3 ( 24... h5 $15 25. gxh5 Nxh5) 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. Nxc3 h5 ({Don't blunder} 26... Qxc3 $2 27. Bh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh6 28. g5+ Kg7 29. gxf6+ Nxf6 30. Qxc3 $18) 27. gxh5 Nxh5 (27... Qxc3 $2 28. Bh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh6 29. Qxc3 $18) 28. Nf1 Ndf6 29. Bg5 Rc8 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 e4 32. Qe2 Bd6 33. Ne3 Bh2+ 34. Kf1 Bf4 {[#]} 35. Bh3 (35. Qd2 $1 $16) 35... Rh8 36. Bg2 Qe5 37. Bxf6+ (37. Ng4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxg4 38. Qxg4) 37... Nxf6 (37... Qxf6 $17 38. Qd2 (38. Bxe4 $2 Re8 $19) 38... Ra8) 38. Ng4 (38. d6 $11) 38... Nxg4 $17 39. Qxg4 e3 ( 39... f5 $17 40. Qe2 Qc7) 40. d6 $11 Rxh4 41. Qe2 Bg5 {next ...Rf4 is good for Black.} 42. Rd5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Qa1+ 43. Qd1 ({ Better is} 43. Qe1 $11 e2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 44. Kxe2 Qa6+ 45. Kd1) 43... Qf6 { [%csl Ge3][%CAl Rf6f2]} 44. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (44. Qf3 $11 { and White has nothing to worry.}) 44... Ra4 $19 {Hoping for ...Ra1!} 45. d7 { [#]} (45. Qd3 $19 Qa1+ 46. Qd1) 45... Ra1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 46. d8=Q Qa6+ (46... Qxd8 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 47. Qxa1+ Bf6 48. Rxd8 $18) 47. Ke1 Rxd1+ 48. Rxd1 Bxd8 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 83%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,115,13,20,20,22,19,42,20,18,12,45,43,40,33,40,39,35,45,45,0,0,0,0,0, 6,0,0,0,46,16,29,16,52,24,63,66,81,51,60,48,77,76,141,152,246,48,124,119,189, 176,161,91,168,155,154,146,262,263,259,254,286,113,104,87,188,197,177,141,243, 235,233,230,306,298,294,283,310,308,307,305,223,258,496,496,493,472,552,543, 560,502,636,622,605,597,550,487,1204,1160,29973,29973,29956,6739]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 { A47:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} a6 10. Bh2 Re8 11. c3 {White is slightly better.} Bf8 12. e4 e5 13. Re1 g6 {[#]} 14. b4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Ne3 c6 19. b4 Red8 20. Rab1 {0-1 (32) Reuter,P-Larsen,F (2300) Lyngby 1991}) 14... Bg7 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. a5 b5 17. d5 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. c4 Reb8 20. Rac1 h6 21. Bg3 Qe6 22. Qd1 Nh5 23. Bh2 Qe7 24. Nf1 Kh7 25. Ne3 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Bb5 27. Nd5 Qd8 28. Rc1 {Bxb5 is the strong threat.} Bxd3 ({Black should try} 28... Ra7) 29. Qxd3 $16 Nhf6 {[#]} (29... Ra7 $16 {was worth a try.} 30. Rc6 Nhf6) 30. Red1 $2 ({White has to play} 30. Nc7 $1 $18) 30... Rc8 (30... Ra7 $14) 31. Bg3 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nh5 (31... Nxd5 $16 32. Qxd5 Nf6 33. Qxf7 Qf8 34. Qxf8 Bxf8) 32. Rxc8 $18 Qxc8 33. Ne7 (33. Rd2 $18) 33... Qb7 ( 33... Qf8 $16 {was necessary.}) 34. Qxd6 Nxg3 35. Qxd7 ({Don't do} 35. fxg3 $6 Nf6 $14) 35... Qxd7 (35... Qxb4 $16 36. fxg3 Qc5+ 37. Kh2 Ra7) 36. Rxd7 Nxe4 37. Nc6 f6 38. Nd2 $2 (38. Nd8 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 38... Nxd2 $16 39. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf8 (39... Rc8 $16 40. Rd6 Bf8 41. Rd7+ (41. Rxf6 $2 Kg7 $17) 41... Kg8 42. Ne7+ Bxe7 43. Rxe7 Rb8) 40. Rd7+ $18 Kg8 {[#]} 41. Rb7 $1 e4 (41... Bd6 $16) 42. Kf1 Bd6 43. Ke2 Rc8 44. Rb6 Ra8 45. g4 Kf7 46. Ke3 f5 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Nd4 Bf8 $2 (48... Bb8 {is a better defense. } 49. b5 (49. Rxh6 Ba7 $18) 49... axb5 50. Rxb5 Kg6 51. Nxf5 Ba7+ 52. Ke2 (52. Kxe4 Bxf2 53. Nd6 Be1 $18) 52... Re8) 49. Nxf5 h5 50. Kxe4 Rd8 51. Nd4 Re8+ 52. Kf3 Re1 53. Nc6 Ke6 54. Rxa6 Kd5 55. Rb6 {Black must now prevent a6.} Ra1 ( 55... Rc1 $142 56. b5 Rc3+ 57. Kg2 Bc5) 56. a6 {[%CAl Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Bd6 57. a7 Ra3+ 58. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 38%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,60,-24,-20,-34,-41,-31,-35,-10,-13,0,0,0,0,-9,-8,0,-47,-61,-60,-49, -72,-58,-68,-70,-75,-72,-61,-52,-78,-28,-78,-35,-39,-19,-29,-7,-12,0,-24,0,-40, 166,161,166,85,100,98,84,94,176,162,29999]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 f6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 $1 {[%CAl Re4f3] A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} 7. Nfd2 f5 8. c4 Nf6 {Black is slightly better.} 9. Nc3 Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O Be7 {[#]} 13. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh6 Bf8 15. Qh3 Bg7 16. Ndxe4 O-O 17. Nc5 Bf7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rad1 {1-0 (55) Kayumov,S (2505) -Hirneise,T (2466) Doha 2016}) 13... O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bd5 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bd6 19. Qd2 Rf6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rg6 22. Rf2 Qh4 23. Re1 Re8 24. e6 Be4 25. Qd7 {[%CAl Rd7e8]} (25. e7 $5 {[%CAl Rc3b4]}) 25... Rexe6 $2 (25... Qe7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 26. Qc8+ $18 (26. Qxa7 h5 $17) 26... Kf7 {[#]} 27. Rd1 (27. Bb4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb4][%CAl Rc8f8]} Rgf6 28. Qd7+ (28. g3 Qg4 $16) 28... Kg6 29. Bc3 (29. Qxa7 Bd5 $11)) 27... Re8 {[#]} 28. Rd7+ $1 $40 {[%mdl 1152] White has strong compensation. White has strong attack.} Re7 29. Rd8 {[%csl Gc8][%CAl Rd8f8,Bd7d8,Bd8g8,Bg8f8][%mdl 32]} Rge6 ( 29... Rg5 $16 30. Bd2 (30. Bb4 $2 Qh3 $19) 30... Qh5 31. Bxg5 (31. Bb4 $2 Qh3 $19) 31... Qxg5) 30. Rg8 {[%csl Gc3][%CAl Rg8g7]} Rg6 $2 (30... Qh6 $18 31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7) 31. Rf8# {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 63%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0: 00:19]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 14. Na3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Qxd4 { [%emt 0:01:18]} 15. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Rxc8 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. e3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 18. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. Kxf1 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 23. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Nb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 26. Nd2 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. a4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 29. f3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb7 {[%emt 0: 00:05]} 30. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 32. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. h4 { [%emt 0:00:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. h5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:13] } 35. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc5 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Rc4 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Kxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 40. b4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. b5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} axb5+ { [%emt 0:00:01]} 42. axb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. e4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 45. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "9"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,59,14,17,25,19,15,21,30,33,19,28,33,29,24,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,9,0, 35,34,39,39,34,37,27,22,39,31,34,34,32,0,0,-3,-7,-24,5,5,0,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 { Hoping for Bxh7+!} d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 d5 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. Nb3 Rfd8 19. Rd2 {[#]} d4 $146 (19... b5 {is more complex.} 20. Rad1 a5 21. Nc1 b4 22. Ne2 bxc3 23. bxc3 g6) ({Predecessor:} 19... b5 20. Rad1 a5 21. a3 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. cxb4 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rab8 25. e4 Nf4 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Nexd5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Hansen,T (2423)-Warmerdam,M (2417) Porto Carras 2018}) 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. cxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 24. Be4 Rd7 25. Rd1 f5 26. Bb1 Kf7 27. a3 Kf6 28. Ba2 Nc6 29. d5 Ne5 30. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,93,12,28,18,11,33,11,22,25,30,22,31,16,27,28,20,24,31,29,47,48,42,49, 42,30,48,54,54,77,54,75,61,66,72,77,116,116,116,122,122,121,128,118,130,129, 111,100,161,173,168,172,604,602,605,605,605,605,604,601,596,585,570,495,582, 565,550,535,485,470,469,463]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. cxb4 {is cutting edge theory.} (15. Nxb4 {looks sharper.} Bd7 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. O-O Be7 18. Qe2) 15... O-O {The position is equal.} 16. Rxa4 a5 17. h4 Bh6 18. b5 Bd7 19. Nc3 d5 20. exd5 e4 21. Be2 e3 {Black wants to play ...exf2+. } 22. f4 g6 $1 {[#]} 23. h5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] aiming for hxg6. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 23. g3 Bg7 24. Qb3 Qe8 25. O-O Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxb5 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Rxa5 Qe2 29. Qe1 Qxb2 30. Qxe3 Rfe8 31. Qa3 Qd2 32. Rf2 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Qe1 34. Kf3 Qd1+ {0-1 (34) Tari,A (2613)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2663) Saint Louis 2019}) 23... Bg7 24. h6 Bh8 25. d6 Rb6 26. Rxa5 Bc8 27. d7 $1 {[%CAl Rd7c8]} Bxd7 28. Ra6 {Strongly threatening Rxb6.} Rb7 29. O-O {White now steadily converts the win.} Bxc3 30. bxc3 {Qd4 is the strong threat.} Bxb5 31. Rd6 $1 { [%CAl Rd6d8]} Qh4 32. c4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Be8 33. c5 $1 Qxh6 34. c6 $1 {[%CAl Rc6b7]} Rc7 35. Qd5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qg7 {[#]} (35... Qh4 $16 {was called for.}) 36. Qc5 $1 $18 Qb2 { [#]} 37. Bf3 $1 Re7 $2 (37... Bxc6 38. Rxc6 (38. Bxc6 e2 $16) 38... Rxc6 39. Qxc6 (39. Bxc6 Qd2 $16) 39... e2) 38. c7 {White is clearly winning.} Bb5 {[#]} 39. Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Rxf8+.} Ree8 {[#]} 40. Qxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Rxf8 41. c8=Q Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kg7 43. Qb6 h5 44. Kh2 e2 45. Re1 Qd2 46. Qf2 ({Not} 46. Qxb5 Qxe1 47. Qe5+ (47. Qxe2 Qh4+ 48. Kg1 Qxf4 $16) 47... Kg8 $18) 46... Qxf4+ 47. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 78%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. h4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} h5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Qxd3 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nh6 {[%emt 0: 00:25]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 12. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 13. d5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. dxe6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00: 23]} 15. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 16. e6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} cxd2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 17. exf7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Qe4 { [%emt 0:00:34]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00: 29]} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 21. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Qxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nfd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00: 19]} 25. bxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. cxb6 { [%emt 0:00:09]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 30. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Nd6+ { [%emt 0:00:06]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 35. Nb5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0